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Homemade Treat Recipes Time to share some homemade treat recipes!! If you have any that you would like to share, please let us know. Recently I was on Cooks.com checking out recipes and came across a page for homemade treat recipes for dogs. I’m a foodie and I love to cook for my family. Yet, somehow it had never occurred to me that I could cook for my Dachshunds, too! I have been having a blast with these dog treats and I hope you do, too. Here are a few of my absolute favorites! Personally, I prefer to use homemade treat recipes that have ingredients that I normally keep at our home. Saves money and time. I love to cook, but I really don’t want to have to buy complicated ingredients that I know I will not use later.

My families prayers go out to those effected by Hurricane Sandy. For those of you who would like to donate, AKC is standing ready to help. This is a clip from their website. The AKC and AKC Companion Animal Recovery (AKC CAR) continue to stand by on AKC’s Facebook page at: www.Facebook.com/Americankennelclub to donate funds to any non-profit temporary shelter or rescue group housing displaced pets as a result of Hurricane Sandy. We are monitoring Facebook for any requests for assistance. In addition, shelters and rescue groups can contact Stephanie Smith at sxs2@akc.org or 404-432-8442. If you’d like to make a donation to assist with disaster relief efforts, please visit the AKC CAR Canine Support and Relief Fund and indicate Hurricane Sandy on your donation. To all the Ponderosa Puppies and their parents, we are thinking of you. Contact us if you need help!

Yappy Halloweenie Halloween is one of my favorite little holidays. All the silliness of it just cracks me up. Personally, I think the decorations, candy apples and even scary movies are too much fun. Of coarse, Zoe doesn’t feel the same at all. She doesn’t really care for the scary children or the candy, she can’t eat either one of them.

Funny Dachshund Pictures! Enjoy the Bloopers from our funny dachshund picture days! Funny Dachshund Pictures happen a lot around here. Especially on puppy picture day. This is the big day that we set aside for taking new photos for the website. There are a lot of things that go on behind the scenes before you get a chance to see our new dachshund puppies for sale. Believe it or not a good set of puppy pictures will take us a couple DAYS to complete. Hours upon hours of sets, cameras, photoshop, downloading, uploading, building pages, drafting and publishing…It’s exhausting just thinking about it and I’m probably leaving a few steps out so you don’t get bored and fall asleep at the computer. The absolute highlight of the entire process is the funny dachshund pictures!!

How Much Do Dachshund Puppies Sleep? How much puppies sleep can be an alarming amount, if you’re not used to it. If you just brought a new Dachshund Puppy home, I bet you’re already asking yourself.. “How MUCH do puppies sleep?” To put it simply, they sleep a lot!

Coupons for Pet Products I was recently turned on to coupons for pet products by a friend! I have really been enjoying them and have been saving money, too. I thought this would be a great topic for the site and hope you enjoy it as much as we have. There are some great coupons for pet products are out there! You’re going to love how much money you can save by taking advantage of them. Everybody is doing it! According to Google, over 90,000

Dog Owners Are Healthier People! How cool is that? There are lots of adorable reasons to have a dog, but let’s talk about the medical benefits of owning a dog! Dog’s have been scientifically proven to not only make us happier, but also make us healthier! Lowering blood pressure and generally helping us live fuller, calmer and longer lives. There was even a major medical breakthrough that children raised in multi-pet homes have less allergies than children who are not raised with pets. Isn’t that interesting?

Dachshund Gifts for Doxie Lovers After 10 years as a dachshund addict, you should see my house. Well..maybe you shouldn’t. With all this clutter, it can be embarrassing. lol I know for a fact that there is not a room in my home that is untouched with my dachshund collectables. Mostly Dachshund Gifts from my friends, family and customers. Not to mention the hundreds of things I have picked up on my own. They’re everywhere. I have knick knacks that I’ve collected that are priceless to me. Because, with all things people collect, when you love something.. you need little mementos. You just “need” them. Right?

Dachshund Toys If your Doxies were reading this site, instead of you, this would be their favorite page! I have no doubt. If you own a doxie, you know full well how much time and money we all spend on Dachshund Toys. It’s almost our mission in life to find and obtain the perfect toys for our dachshunds. Besides keeping them busy, we all know how much fun we have just watching them play. Slinging those toys all over the place, chasing a ball, sucking on a stuffed toy. Go on and giggle, you know you want to!

Submissive Urination in Dachshunds – Dogs and Puppies Identifying and overcoming Excitement Peeing If this sounds familiar.. you need to read this! You may be suffering submissive urination in dogs. “Aww..finally..time to go home. It’s been a long day at work and you can’t wait to see the new puppy! Maybe get a little quiet time before the kids get home. You walk in, giggling..”hi baby..mom’s home! Come and give me kisses” SHOOT..she peed everywhere! All over my new rug..and a little on my new shoes, too!”